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Qatar Airways' CEO Akbar Al Baker was presented with a welcome gift by U Myint Swe, Chief Minister, Yangon Region Government, to mark the airline's return to Burma. With them at Yangon International Airport in Rangoon were U Aung Khin, Minister of Transport, Yangon Region; Khin Zaw Win, Burmese airline ticket fares Ambassador airline ticket fares to Saudi Arabia and responsible for Qatar; Jabor Ali Al-Dosseri, Qatari Ambassador to Thailand and responsible airline ticket fares for Myanmar; and U Hla Myint, Mayor of Rangoon.
Fast-growing Qatar Airways returned to the Burmese market on 3 October when the airline resumed services on the Doha (DOH) to Rangoon (RGN) route. Flights initially operate three times weekly with the airline's 110-seat A319 aircraft, but frequencies will increase to daily at the start of the winter scheduling season. Qatar Airways previously served Rangoon until January 2008. At present, the 4,700-kilometre route is the longest operating in and out of Rangoon; however, ANA is soon resuming airline ticket fares its somewhat longer Tokyo Narita service and Condor will launch intercontinental flights from Frankfurt next month. airline ticket fares Qatar Airways' CEO Akbar Al Baker said: "Today airline ticket fares marks a very special occasion as we celebrate our arrival into a city and country that show enormous potential and growth, both as a competitive tourism destination and centre for business in the ASEAN region. There has never been a better time to expand into Myanmar – a country blessed with rich natural resources, and proximity to some of the world's most dynamic economies." (Note that Burma and Rangoon are known as Myanmar and Yangon in some countries.)
After the ribbon was cut for United's new service to Grand Forks in North Dakota, the cake baked to welcome the new route was displayed by Patrick Dame, Executive Director, Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority; Jeffrey Steger, Manager Airport Transformation, United Airlines; and Michael Cox, Director Field Operations at Regional Elite Airline Services. We are told that the cake decorator, Jen Kiefer from Hugo's (Grocery), airline ticket fares was recently recognised in the North Dakota Grocer's Cake Challenge; 1st place advanced wedding cakes fondant and 3rd place in advanced novelty theme cake.
United Airlines returned to Grand Forks, ND (GFK) on 3 October when the Star Alliance airline launched twice-daily flights from Denver, CO (DEN). The route is operated with 50-seat CRJ200s operated by SkyWest and marks United's return to Grand Forks after the airline left the market in 1997. The other carriers serving Grand Forks are Delta and Allegiant Air.
Air Arabia expanded its Russian network in the last week, launching two further routes to the country from its Sharjah (SHJ) base in the UAE. The low-cost airline, which already serves Moscow Domodedovo and Yekaterinburg, airline ticket fares launched flights to Ufa (UFA) west of the Ural Mountains on 2 October and Kazan (KZN) by Volga River on 3 October. Each of the two routes airline ticket fares is operated twice-weekly with the airline's A320 aircraft. Although Air Arabia faces no direct competition on either route, fellow LCC flydubai indirectly competes on both routes from nearby Dubai; thrice-weekly to Ufa and twice-weekly to Kazan. "We are pleased to introduce this new service to Ufa which comes as part of our route expansion strategy in the Russian Federation and Eastern airline ticket fares Europe" said Adel Ali, Group CEO, Air Arabia. "We are confident that this new service will positively contribute to the strong trade and Tourism relations between the UAE and Russia as well as offer customers' affordable and unique product."
airline ticket fares Air Europa , the Spanish SkyTeam member, expanded its domestic network on 1 October when the airline began operating on the trunk route between the Spanish capital Madrid (MAD) and Bilbao (BIO) in Basque Country. Flights operate four times daily, using the airline's 122-seat E-195 aircraft, airline ticket fares competing with Iberia's airline ticket fares 61, easyJet's 24 and Ryanair's 11 flights a week.
Ak Bars Aero launched daily flights between St Petersburg (LED) and Nizhniy Novgorod (GOJ) on 1 October. The flights between Russia's second and fifth cities, which are operated with 50-seat airline ticket fares CRJ200s, compete with UTair's also daily operations.
The first passenger checking in for Cebu Pacific's route from Davao to Butuan – a route previously only reachable in six hours by bus – got a free return ticket, while the ribbon was cut for the Dipolog route – previously a 12-hour bus journey – by Summit World Davao General Manager airline ticket fares and President Edward Bangayan, CAAP Davao Assistant Airport Manager Jose Emmanuel Sadam, EMCOR Incorporate EVP and CFO Josefina Manaois, CEB Director for Passenger Sales Arlene Tena, and Davao City Representative Jason Magnaye.
Cebu Pacific has launched three new domestic routes with its 72-seat ATR 72 aircraft last week. On 4 October, the Philippine low-cost airline that is the biggest carrier in the domestic market, connected Cebu (CEB) with Busuanga (USU) in the west of the country with three weekly flights. The following day, the airline expanded out of Davao (DVO) in the south, launching two routes within the island of Mindanao; airline ticket fares each four flights a week to Butuan (BXU) and Dipolog (DPL).
easyJet has launched two routes from its UK bases using 156-seat A319s in the last two weeks. On 28 September, the low-cost airline relaunched the route between Bristol (BRS) in southwest England and Denmark's capital Copenhagen (CPH), where the airline serves the low-cost pier CPH Go. The route, which easyJet previously served until December 2004, is now operated four times weekly. On 1 October, easyJet began operating from its largest base at London Gatwick (LGW) to Isle of Man (IOM), the island in the Irish Sea that easyJet already serves from Liverpool. easyJet operates the route six times weekly, competing with Flybe's 26 flights a week.
flydubai's new route to Bucharest was celebrated in the Romanian capital by Ovidiu Silaghi, Romanian Minister of Transport and Infrastructure; flydubai's CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith; and Yacub Yousif Al Hosani, UAE's Ambassador airline ticket fares to Romania. This is the Dubai-based low-cost airline's first route to the EU.
flydubai continued expanding its network to Eastern Europe on 1 October when the Emirati low-cost airline began operating three weekly flights from its Dubai (DXB) base to Romania's capital Bucharest (OTP). Notably, airline ticket fares this is flydubai's first route to a destination in the European Union. airline ticket fares The operator of 189-seat 737-800s competes with Tarom's also thrice-weekly operations. flydubai's CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith said: "Since the launch of our first flight to Central Eastern Europe with our service to Baku in Azerbaijan, in November 2009, flydubai has expanded rapidly to become the leading airline servicing the region. With the addition of Bucharest, we now fly to 13 destinations across eight countries in the region."
FlyGeorgia , the new Georgian start-up airline launched its first scheduled international route on 30 September. From the country capital Tbilisi (TBS), the privately owned A319 operator airline ticket fares now takes on the flag carrier Georgian Airways on the route to Amsterdam (AMS). Each of the two competing airlines now operates the route twice-weekly. For more information airline ticket fares about the Georgian market, see this week's airline ticket fares country analysis .
Jeju Air inaugurated services from Seoul Incheon (ICN) to Guam (GUM) in the western Pacific on 27 September. Services on the 2,200-kilometre route to Guam, which is one of only five US overseas territories and host to a major military base, are now offered with daily frequencies using 737-800s. Last year, Korean tourists accounted for around airline ticket fares 13% of the total number of Guam's tourists and were the second largest group after the Japanese. The chairperson for Guam's Committee on Tourism, Senator Tina Muña Barnes, who arrived on the inaugural flight from Seoul, said: "As we promote the growth and development of our tourism economy, opportunities like this help us expand airline ticket fares and further diversify our market." She then added: "Jeju Air flights are a welcome addition, as they provide visitors with increased options and accessibility to Guam. This enhanced presence will further solidify our island as the premier airline ticket fares visitor destination in the Asia-Pacific region." Competition in the market from Seoul Incheon to the Pacific island comes from Korean Airlines' twice-weekly and Jin Air's single weekly frequencies.
Welcomed to Hannover with a traditional water cannon salute, the crew on the inaugural LOT Polish Airlines flight from Warsaw were then greeted airline ticket fares by Hannover Airport's CEO, Raoul Hille; LOT's Director Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Dirk Steffensen; and Marcus Eibach, Head of Marketing airline ticket fares at Deutsche Messe.
LOT Polish Airlines resumed scheduled services on the route from its hub in Warsaw (WAW) to Hannover (HAJ) in Germany's Lower Saxony region on 1 October. Six weekly airline ticket fares flights are now offered by LOT Polish Airlines from Poland's capital to the German city that boasts the world's largest industrial fair and is home to companies such as Volkswagen and TUI. All flights will be operated using E-190s. Marcin Piróg, the airline's CEO, said: "Hannover is the sixth city we serve in Germany, our key European country market airline ticket fares in terms of both direct airline ticket fares traffic airline ticket fares and eastward transit to Eastern Europe and Asia." Notably, the new service allows for transfer on to LOT's Beijing service, which was launched earlier this year ( and won anna.aero's Cake of the Week prize ), making it the fastest available option to travel between Hannover and the Chinese capital. Marcus Eibach, Head of Marketing at Deutsche Messe, which operates the Hannover Fair, stressed: "Poland is our partner for next year's CeBIT, the world's largest IT expo. The new service airline ticket fares provides an even easier access to Hannover to Polish IT companies airline ticket fares and we expect i